Summer Camp
Summer Camp Session 1: Sensing Is Knowing (Ages 5–7)
What can our five senses tell us about our world? Explore how sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing can be a part of experiencing and making art.
Summer Camp Session 2: Remember When? (Ages 8–10)
Walking through the galleries at NOMA is like a walk through time. In this session, explore the depths of your memory and make parallels between the past and present through some of NOMA’s oldest artworks and artifacts.
Summer Camp Session 3: Think Beyond (Ages 5–7)
Artists have a way of opening up doors to different worlds and possibilities. Take inspiration from art works as varied as glimmering Fairyland Lusterware bowls and vases and the larger-than-life snail of Hank Willis Thomas’ History of the Conquest in the Sculpture Garden to imagine mind-expanding creations of your own.
Summer Camp Session 4: If/Then (Ages 8–10)
Curious minds and busy hands are encouraged to reason and experiment through art and art-making in this awe-inspiring session. Record and document the world around you and test the cause and effects of different art-making techniques and processes.
Summer Camp Session 5: Only I Know (Ages 8–10)
When we talk about a work of art together, each viewer has unique thoughts and ideas to share! Dig deeper into ideas of self like self-portraiture, identity, and storytelling through projects that are all about you.
Summer Camp Session 6: Ways of Knowing Preteen Art Intensive (Ages 11–13)
NEW! NOMA is excited to introduce a new summer offering for middle school students: the Pre-Teen Art Intensive. This one-week camp program provides campers with an opportunity to work closely with a teaching artist to hone creative skills and develop their own projects.
Summer Camp Session 1: Make Your Mark (Ages 5–7)
New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LACampers will look at works that reveal evidence of human touch, explore how our bodies and movements can be used to make art, and think about the ways artists make their mark on the world. We’ll demystify some of the tools and processes used to create our favorite artworks, and express ourselves through making!
Summer Camp Session 2: Mirrors & Windows (Ages 8–10)
New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LAIn this session, we will explore the galleries and garden in search of stories. How can art “reflect” something about you, or help you see yourself more clearly? How do artworks act like windows to peek into others’ lives, or to better understand another time or place? Create your own artworks that tell your story.
Summer Camp Session 3: Building & Shaping (Ages 8–10)
New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LAArt and artists can often help us see new ways of being. How do you want to shape your world? Take on sculptural, world-building, and creative problem-solving projects in this session all about building a better tomorrow. Join us for this 2023 summer camp session at the New Orleans Museum of Art designed especially for ages 8–10.
Summer Camp Session 4: Free Flow (Ages 5–7)
New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LAExplore with materials, cause and effect, and the element of surprise in this playful session! How can letting go of “perfect” lead to amazing artistic creations? Campers will find inspiration in experimentation, imagination, and surprise in the galleries, garden, and studio.
Summer Camp Session 5: Human/Nature (Ages 8–10)
New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LAHow do the forces of nature shape our lives, and how do we affect the environment in return? Campers will think about our unique surroundings in southeastern Louisiana, consider the ways in which people and artists work with—and against—nature, and create their own works about our encounters with the natural world.
Summer Camp Preteen Intensive: Fashion (Ages 11–13)
New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LAFiber, textiles, and adornment take the spotlight in this session on identity and design. Campers will work with teaching artists to explore the special exhibition Fashioning America: Grit to Glamour, draw connections with NOMA’s collection and sculpture garden, build core observational drawing skills, and make their own body of work on self-identity.